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Ming-Style Qing Stool
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Pre 1900 item# 175435 (stock# 58-77)
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The round legs and straight stretchers on this 19th century Qing stool are typical of the simple lines found in earlier Ming Dynasty furniture. In some areas of China, particularly in the north, the spare Ming design continued as a favored look throughout the Qing period. Stools in a wide array of sizes, designs, and woods were perhaps the most ubiquitous item of Chinese furniture, used in mansions and tiny village houses both indoors and out for a variety of purposes. In Western households, the ...click for details
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Primitive Batak Protector Mask 4
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Pre 1980 item# 172549 (stock# 16-42)
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This primitive carved mask is from the Batak people who live around mystical Lake Toba in the northern reaches of the island of Sumatra. The small collection of Batak protector masks pictured in this catalogue (see them all under our category "Tribal") shows the fascinating range of expressions artisans were able to achieve in these relatively simple carvings. This particular mask has the same network of red lines radiating around the eyes as mask #1 and mask #3 in this collection. The ...click for details
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Silver Repousse' Betel Box, Laos
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Pre 1800 item# 172321 (stock# 02-60)
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The craftsmanship of this 18th century Lao repousse' box is typical of those items associated with betel nut chewing that were handed down from generation to generation. Relief designs on the container, made of 95% pure silver, are worn in areas of the lid and bottom where its owners would have handled it to offer betel leaves to guests as part of the socially important ritual of assembling and chewing betel. With its high sides and deep, close-fitting lid, the box was designed to keep the b ...click for details
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Choson Palace Painting (One of Pair)
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Pre 1900 item# 171939 (stock# 53-27)
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Signed and sealed by Korean painter Tea Yok, this finely detailed work is one of a pair of paintings that depict scenes in a palace courtyard during Korea's Choson (Yi Dynasty) Period (1392-1910). Dated to circa 1870, this painting and its companion piece have delicate calligraphy that relates to a theme of filial honor. Tucked into the painting next to the palace scenes, the calligraphy is in the Chinese characters that educated Koreans continued to use many years after simplified Hangul be ...click for details
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